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Newspaper

Decorah Republican

Location

Decorah, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1915

Page

5

Astonishing Spectacle Sequoia Park’s Giant Trees Highlighted

The Sequoia National Park, aged twenty four, is praised for beauty rivaling Yosemite and Yellowstone. Noted experts like John Muir and R B Marshall underscore its vast groves, especially the General Sherman, Abraham Lincoln, and William McKinley trees with heights up to 291 feet and diameters near 37 feet.

Sequoia National Park Rockies Yellowstone Yosemite Sequoia John Muir R. B. Marshall California Yosemite Valley Yosemite National Park Tuolumne United States General Sherman Abraham Lincoln William McKinley Abraham McKinley Mutr Grove Dalton General Grant National Park National Park General Grant Pares Muir Grove Garfield Atwell Grove Dennison Grove Swanee River Grove Squirrel Creek Grove Redwood Creek Peedeves Etteves Salt Creek Grove Homer Nose Grove Savecevessens Lost Grove Eeeerussees Veaeree Seaegee Eden Grove General

Executors and Guardians Offerings From Winneshlee Bank

We are authorized by the State of Town to act as Executors or Administrators of Estates or as Guardians for the infirm or minors. We furnish bonds guaranteeing investments and reasonable charges. Avoid family disputes by using a disinterested institution. Call Winneshlee County State Bank to discuss.

Winneshlee County State Bank

DRY DEMOCRATS CALL FOR STATEWIDE CONFERENCE

A Dry Democrats movement seeks a general conference to outline plans and select contenders for the primary, build organization, and empower funds collection. Critics note 80 000 affiliated Democrats in polling books, about half opposed to liquor ties, urging a party shift to broader aims and away from a liquor fetish.

E.G. Dunn Maurice Connolly J. T. Hamilton

Important Farmers Advice Do and Donts Card

A list of practical rural admonitions emphasizes sensible farming habits. It warns against gardening without manure using poor tools or bad seed and plans to avoid overly large acreage, unnecessary purchases, loitering in stores, and neglecting at home. It also condemns pig sties near gates and improper waste disposal, stock damaging fodder areas, proximity of privy and well, letting stock browse orchards, and appointing people who cannot earn a living locally.

Nature Cooks Food in New Zealand Hot Springs

In parts of New Zealand native and white women use natural hot springs for cooking. In Rotorua they roast, boil, or steam with a steam hole and coarse sacking. Whakarewarewa features a landscape of boiling springs beneath the surface with geothermically heated water and vapors.

New Zealand Rotorua Whakarewarewa

Satisfaction and insult in court shows judge’s wit

A motorist speeding is fined and rebuked by a judge for insulting a police officer. The driver asks if calling an officer an ass is forbidden, and the judge notes the need not to insult police. He then jokes that calling an iase a policeman is fine, and the motorist briskly leaves after saluting the arresting officer.

Iase

Putting on a Wagon Tire Without Tools

Farmers on the road without tools can fix a loose wagon tire by standing outside the wheel, hooking the singletree over the tire, using the end against the felloe as a fulcrum, bearing down to seat the tire, and tapping it into place with a wagon wrench or any handy object. A littleody often harbors a big soul.

Harvest timing and methods for sweet clover seed

Mr. Coverdale in the St. Louis Globe Democrat explains seed ripening occurs when three fourths of pods are black, then cut to avoid shattering. He details yield ranges, ideal harvest windows from August 1 to 10, and management of pasturing and hay to maximize seed production. He also covers hay timing, second-year crops, storage, rain tolerance, nurse crop guidance, and fertilization notes.

Coverdale St. Louis Globe Democrat Mr. Coverdale West Towa Delmar

Value of dynamiting in apple orchards

Pennsylvania station tests on western orchards measured dynamite effects on 10 to 14 inch subsoil and 25 year old Baldwin trees. Three year results show minimal to no gain in growth or yield, with some cases showing higher death rates. Officials say dynamiting offers no proven value for orchard use.

Pennsylvania Baldwin Baldwins

Two Iowa Girls Lead Mission to Korea Education

Two Iowa women Miss Blanche Kr. Bair of Oskaloosa and Miss Maude Trissel of Des Moines have been appointed as missionaries in Korea. Bair, already in Korea, advances evangelistic work in Konk Ju and studies language while earning high regard from colleagues. Trissel, previously in Korea as a teacher, returns to lead day schools in Pyong Yan under a missionary family network, while also aiding city chapels recognized for their spirited worship.

Korea Iowa Blanche KR. Bair Oskaloosa Maude Trissel Des Moines Miss Bair Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Miss Taer Konk Ju Pyong Yan

Mothers Watch Worms With Kickapoo, 25 Cents

An early advertisement touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as safe for children to treat intestinal worms. It claims three actions in one laxative worm expeller and system toning effect. Also includes a separate legal notice about jury eligibility and a false Catarrh Cure affidavit from 1886.

Taking Care of Sewing Machines

Advice on oiling sewing machines every two days, wiping excess oil, and running the machine to scatter oil drops. A note on lazy liver causing dyspepsia and constipation, with Dean's Regulats marketed for liver and bowels at 25¢ per box in drug stores.

Kitchen Cement Method Spreads For Kitchen Use

A cement made by adding a teaspoon of glycerin to a gill of glue is described as a great convenience in kitchens. It is noted for fastening leather paper or metal surfaces and used for household repair tasks.

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Marathon Rome Garfield Grove General Grant Grove George Washington James Wolverton America Sequoias Sesquoia National Park Kings River Mount Whitney Egypt DRY Democrats Clara A. Driggs Elba N.Y S. Larsen Ates Gose State of Ohio Toledo Bas. Lucas County Frank J. Cheney A. W._GLEASON Hall F. J. Cheney & CO All Druggista Rexart Ordertier Dno G. Schimming Sinbad Ingvoldstad & CO Decorah Klowa Stondane Albion Bash Peter Johnson & Sons JO Resatte Pim Ee Phoebe Lincoln Phoebe Lincoln Chemical Company Mott & Co Parman’'s Sorenson's Drug Store Imogen Lincoln
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